All Around
(Duration: 22 minutes)
New work
World Première: 28 January 2008 – Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge
Part two of Oguike’s latest creation which explores physicality in a sequence of beautifully crafted solos and duets to a series of South American hymns.
There is a sequence in Henri Oguike's latest work, All Around, which looks like nothing any other choreographer has made. (The Guardian 2008)
World Première: 28 January 2008 – Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge
Expression Lines
(Duration: 10 minutes)
World Premiere: 23 February 2006 - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
Set to the quietly beautiful Saharan blues of guitarist Ali Farka Toure, Expression Lines sees Oguike evoke the harsh contrasts of equatorial sand and sky in an intense yet reflective solo.
Front Line
(Duration: 20 minutes)
World Premiere: 31 January 2002 - British Dance Edition, Birmingham
Oguike’s signature piece is a sextet danced to Shostakovich’s 9th Quartet in E Flat. The moods are constantly shifting, the instruments squeal like animals and engage in wild stamping dances. Elsewhere, anger followed by listlessness. Played live by the Pavao Quartet.
Green in Blue
(Duration: 16 minutes)
World Premiere: 19 January 2007 - Laban, London
Green in Blue sees the choreographer’s first foray into jazz and a major collaboration with the internationally renowned saxophonist Iain Ballamy. Rhythm is obsession in Green in Blue; the dancers spark off Ballamy’s band to infuse a crisp yet playful energy into this full company work.
Played live by internationally renowned saxophonist and composer Iain Ballamy and three leading jazz musicians.
Little Red
(Duration: 21 minutes)
World Premiere: 19 January 2007 - Laban, London
A wild and explosive work for six women. Witchy in red velvet, they strut the stage in passionate dialogue with Vivaldi's violin concerti. Played live by Orquestra do Algarve at the Queen Elizabeth Hall performances only.
Second Signal
(Duration: 22 minutes)
World Premiere: 26 January 2005 - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
A powerful work resonating with the primal rhythms of traditional Japanese Taiko drums, played live by one of the UK's leading Taiko drumming groups Taiko Meantime.
Tiger Dancing
(Duration: 16 minutes)
World Premiere: 19 May 2005 - St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Suffolk
Inspired by Blake’s poem 'The Tyger', the plucked strings and springy lines of Steve Martland’s score are reflected by the dancers’ sinuous and feline movements in Tiger Dancing.
Touching All
(Duration: 15 minutes)
New work
Part one of Oguike’s latest creation which explores physicality in a sequence of beautifully crafted solos and duets set to North African Solo lute music.
The first is a piece full of tension between harsh masculine light and soft shade accompanied by the alienating sound of a Hispanic lute. (The Stage 2008)
World Première: 28 January 2008 – Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge
